It sends a terrible message, I think, that you can storm the seat of the national government and clearly commit crimes, be ...

In 1957, after a riot at the MIssouri State Penitentiary left four men dead and 50 wounded, Missouri lawmakers created a ...

The Department of Corrections says fatalities are mainly due to natural causes and an aging population. Advocates say more ...

Missouri legislators are debating a bill to expand restitution for wrongfully convicted individuals. Kevin Strickland, ...

Britney D. Hoffman-Kelly was last seen with her husband, Chadwick Kelly, on Dec. 14, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s ...

Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley defended the president’s decision, saying it’s within the president’s right. The Republican ...

After an exceptionally lethal year at the prison, the warden was forced out, but families are still awaiting answers on the ...

Missouri has little support available for exonerees after they're freed, despite the difficulties of obtaining housing, health care or a job. Senate Bill 36 would allow exonerated defendants to claim ...

The man who intoxicatedly ran over a Platte County man and killed him will spend the next 11 years in prison for the crime.

A northern Missouri man who triggered a 19-hour standoff with law enforcement in 2022 has been sentenced to prison.Stephen J.

A Missouri man who crashed a rented U-Haul into the security barriers close to the White House in 2023 was sentenced Thursday ...

Proposals to add an independent review panel and prison ombudsman mirror the work done decades ago by a now-defunct prison ...